The $250 Halloween Treat

10/15/2012 7:11PM

With Halloween just around the corner, some highbrow hosts may be pleased to know they have a new option for their neighborhood ghosts and goblins: a chocolate-covered fungus that costs $250. Charles Passy explains on The News Hub. (Photo: www.knipschildt.net)

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